I am currently working on a “Mission Final” MIDI for this project, which Destroyer F already knows of - as I sent him some different versions which he told me to post here.
Please can I have some feedback. I shall post here when hyperlinks have new/updated material at the other end.
i[/i]Major version is choosen as composition to be continued, all others are discontinued. Updates and work in progress will be posted soon as they are ready - I do have I life you know so it will not be an overnight change!
WARNING:Please DO NOT steal any of the works in this topic and pass them off as your own. Also, do not take someone else’s work and work on it without that author’s permission. All of these people worked very hard to create the music you will hear for this game. But please, feel free to download the files for your own enjoyment. Thank you.
Hmm… The percussion isn’t all that great. Come on, we need some cool beats for this . Quarter notes of a woodblock and quiet synth drum and a soft timpani aren’t going to do the job.
More notes would be nice, too. In the beginning it seems there are only two notes being held. It’s just… plain there. Come on, you just beat the game! This should be exciting and blasting you away (without MIDI static) with tons of different chords for each instrument.
The instruments should be better, too. Charang, synth brass, and viola really make the MIDI sound too old, nasally, and low quality. It needs a lot of brass sound, and maybe a few strings and other instruments to add some variety. It could use more bass as well. Everyone loves bass.
And half a second past 1:06 there’s a really clashy note.
Maybe parts of this can give you some ideas. (Ignore my “This transition is frustrating!1!1! stab stab stab” at the end. I never got around to finishing it. And don’t listen to the percussion–it’s not what I’d call that great either.)
I thought this would be fixed as a combination of the previous comments, but apparently not. In the beginning section (and halfway point), it goes minor every other measure. I think this is one of the problems it’s suffering from. Being minor every other measure makes it sound oddly like something you’d hear on a Gameboy for some reason. I can’t quite say why >_>
Also, I’m not too fond of the brass section playing a fifth up from the timpani, but that could just be me. And there’s still a lot of room for more blasting brass.
I’m not sure what it is, but after the first little sixteenth note part it seems like your missing a note. I don’t know if it’s getting lost in the chord or if it’s not there at all. This happens everytime the part is played. If I could explain it better I would. Other than that though, I like it.
Got it, onto it, onto better intruments and most of the things Troid92 said.
Minor version 2 will go, Version 3 will stay. Major version will stay, but working on a more large scale sort of feel. Thanks for your link Troid92, I have some better ideas now!
To be honest, the Minor and Diminished version are in no way any sort of metroid music. They sound like they should be in a Zelda or Pokemon game. Too slow and LaaDeDaa de for my liking for a metroid game. The major version is almost spot on however, so good job
it is very interesting, but the drums are REALLY bad, they sound almost like amazonian drums that constantly play with no regard to the actual song, they need to be recognized, but toned down ( i personally think you have the wrong drums), also, the rest sounds good! just fix the drums, and keep adding instrument layers!
What program are you using to write the music. I made varsity band in our school as a freshman, so i know a thing or two (ALOT) about music. I have a program called finale notepad. It lets you write music and listen to it. Will that work??
Well I have The JAZZ MIDI Synthesizer and Anvil Studio and at home Sibelius, and I also use an up to date Sibelius at school. So that is what I use and if your program exports files as MIDI, Wav or even wma or mp3 you are in buisness!
As I know someone with Konatct Player I have converted the old major version of this MIDI into a wav and with an excellent sound set it sounds FAB. It will be uploaded soon. For best results use windows media player with DFX plugin, setting one.
One page 1 first post there is a new update in mp3 format.
High-quality MIDI synths aren’t going to improve the MIDI much, you know . P2D will be using just plain MIDIs for the default, so just work on the MIDI itself.
I suggest using Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth when you work on the MIDI and adjust the volume, instruments, and such to that, because that is what most people have as default for MIDIs. And honestly the newest version doesn’t sound like it was made for that.
Well, I meant you should tweak the MIDI to make it sound good in Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth. Then record it in a better-sounding synth if you want, though that still won’t be used as the default for P2D.
It’s just, right now, the instruments don’t sound well together–some are too quiet, others are a little overpowering here and there, etc. I’m just assuming that when you’re making the MIDI, you’re not using MSGSWTSW.
. Quarter notes of a woodblock and quiet synth drum and a soft timpani aren’t going to do the job.
. P2D will be using just plain MIDIs for the default, so just work on the MIDI itself.